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Freakish vs Eerie - What's the difference?

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Freakish is a related term of eerie.


As adjectives the difference between freakish and eerie

is that freakish is resembling a freak while eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

freakish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • resembling a freak
  • strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
    • This was arguably a more emphatic win than that Old Trafford thrashing, without the freakish element and simply the result of City's vast superiority in all areas.
  • capricious or unpredictable

    • Derived terms

    * freakishly

    eerie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eery

    Adjective

    (er)
  • strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
    • The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
  • (Scotland) fearful, timid.
  • * 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
    • She began to feel eerie .

    Synonyms

    * See also * creepy, spooky

    Derived terms

    * eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisome